Author: Carl Hopkins
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Keywords: insulation, sound
Number of Pages: 648
Published: 2007-10-01
List price: $87.95
ISBN-10: 0750665262
ISBN-13: 9780750665261

Sound insulation is an important aspect of building performance. This book is a comprehensive guide to sound and vibration theory and its application to the measurement and prediction of sound insulation in buildings. It enables the reader to tackle a wide range of issues relating to sound insulation during the design and construction stages of a building, and to solve problems in existing buildings. The book has been written for engineers, consultants, building designers, students in acoustics, researchers and those involved in the manufacture and design of building products. Key aspects are

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Publisher: Editions Technip
Keywords: handbook, insulation, industrial, foamglas
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 1992-01
List price: $117.50
ISBN-10: 2930049006
ISBN-13: 9782930049007

Author: R. P. Tye
Publisher: Astm Intl
Keywords: stp, insulation, measurements, transmission, thermal
Published: 1979-12
List price: $39.50
ISBN-10: 0803105894
ISBN-13: 9780803105898

Author: Richard T. Bynum Jr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Keywords: handbook, insulation
Number of Pages: 494
Published: 2000-11-09
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 0071348727
ISBN-13: 9780071348720

Plan, implement, and troubleshoot any type of insulation application Invaluable to anyone who wants an in-depth understanding of thermal insulation, Insulation Handbook, by Richard T. Bynum and Daniel L. Rubino, is a thorough guide to all the important methods, materials, and concepts associated with it, along with sound problem-solving advice. You’ll slash construction time and costs while maximizing energy efficiency with this A-Z overview of residential installation. The authors, experts with hands-on construction and design experience, provide the rock-solid help you need to:

Author: Carson Dunlop
Publisher: Dearborn Home Inspection Education
Keywords: insulation, inspection, home, principles
Number of Pages: 210
Published: 2003-06-06
List price: $75.95
ISBN-10: 0793179513
ISBN-13: 9780793179510

The inspection of insulation and ventilation systems is particularly challenging because so little of the systems can be seen. This text discusses how insulation, air/vapor barriers and ventilations systems work to keep houses comfortable and structurally sound. Basics of heat transfer and vapor movement are covered first to lay the groundwork for discussion of insulation and ventilation materials, systems, and applications. Thorough treatment of venting living spaces is provided, including balanced ventilation systmes and heat recovery ventilators (HRV’s).

Authors:Albert Jackson, David Day,
Publisher: Hearst
Keywords: insulation, amp, weatherproofing, mechanics, popular
Number of Pages: 80
Published: 2006-07-28
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 1588165345
ISBN-13: 9781588165343

In the average house, heat is escaping through every leak, draft, and opening—and that’s like throwing money out the window. Good insulation and weatherproofing can make your home run more efficiently, guard it from the elements, and lower those ever-rising heating bills. Popular Mechanics makes the entire process simple, with hundreds of color photographs, diagrams, and illustrations that teach you how to insulate from top to bottom. Find out how to reflect heat from a radiator, seal gaps around doors, double-glaze windows or add weather-stripping, install vapor barriers, ventilate properl

Author: Vasily Y. Ushakov
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: systems, power, equipment, voltage, insulation
Number of Pages: 421
Published: 2004-04-14
List price: $279.00
ISBN-10: 3540207295
ISBN-13: 9783540207290

High-Voltage Electrophysical Systems so far used for physical research become more and more common in engineering applications. Electrical insulation is one of their most important constituent components. This is the first monograph dealing comprehensively and on a scientific level with the insulation of High-Voltage Electrophysical Systems. Its operating conditions and the requirements imposed on it are analyzed and the main insulation types are outlined in the first part of the book. The second part describes short- and long-term strengths of vacuum and gases, as well as liquid, solid,